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Hilde Van den Bulck

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Hilde Van den Bulck @hildevdb.bsky.social · Sep 9

For thr first time in my life, I feel like I want to retire (or just quit and start an art gallery) and pretent I can stop paying attention to this shit show

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Reuters Institute @reutersinstitute.bsky.social · Aug 26

"All our staff got out safely. But that group probably lost more than 50 family members. Every single one of them had their house destroyed and some would appear to have been targeted strikes"

AFP's Phil Chetwynd on AFP's staff journalists in Gaza
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/starved...

Starved, displaced and exhausted: Inside AFP’s fight to protect its Gaza reporters

“Some of our freelancers have lost 20 or 30 kilos. Their daily battle to find food and to feed their family is immense,” says Global News Director Phil Chetwynd.

reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk

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Hilde Van den Bulck @hildevdb.bsky.social · Aug 21

I realize that even just reposting this interesting piece adds to the environmental pressures created by AI :(

The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · Aug 21

Google's data center in Council Bluffs, Iowa used 1 BILLION gallons of water in 2024 - enough to supply all of Iowa's residential water for five days.

Researchers in water law and policy explain how companies rarely tell the public exactly how much water data centers consume:

Data centers consume massive amounts of water – companies rarely tell the public exactly how much

In 2024, one data center in Iowa consumed 1 billion gallons of water, enough to supply all the state’s residences with water for five days.

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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · Aug 21

Data centers consume massive amounts of water – companies rarely tell the public exactly how much

In 2024, one data center in Iowa consumed 1 billion gallons of water, enough to supply all the state’s residences with water for five days.

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Reposted by Hilde Van den Bulck, Robert Black, S. J. Holmes

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · Aug 21

AI does appear to be rapidly accelerating human selection of the fittest….

except it’s doing it by straight-up killing people who rely on ChatGPT to plan dangerous trips, not by improving human cognition like the techbros want us to believe:

Why Are the Italian Alps So Deadly This Summer?

On average, three hikers have died every day throughout the summer in Italy’s high peaks. Experts explain why.

www.outsideonline.com

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Matt Pearce @mattdpearce.com · Aug 20

It’s important to pay for local journalism but not like this.

www.thecity.nyc/2025/08/20/w...

Eric Adams Advisor Winnie Greco Handed a CITY Reporter Cash Stuffed in a Bag of Potato Chips

THE CITY reported the incident to law enforcement and was promptly contacted by the Brooklyn U.S. attorney’s office.

www.thecity.nyc

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Hilde Van den Bulck @hildevdb.bsky.social · Aug 20

Congrats!

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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · Aug 19

Top Republicans and US tech leaders are ramping up a pressure campaign against the EU’s platform regulations, calling it foreign “censorship.” Tech Policy Press unpacks how Washington and Silicon Valley are working to sway Brussels on softening enforcement.

How US Officials Are Pressuring Europe Over Its Platform Regulations | TechPolicy.Press

Republicans are using trade talks, immigration threats and diplomatic messaging to counter Europe's platform regulations, Cristiano Lima-Strong writes.

www.techpolicy.press

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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · Aug 19

The story of Andrew Carnegie’s libraries, originally created to spur the "diffusion of knowledge," has resonance in our present digital age, where information is both readily abundant and increasingly scarce or inaccessible, Stefaan Verhulst writes.

Why We Need a Carnegie Moment for the Age of AI | TechPolicy.Press

Building modern data libraries, embedding principles of the commons, could restore openness to information online, Stefaan Verhulst writes.

www.techpolicy.press

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Hilde Van den Bulck @hildevdb.bsky.social · Aug 15

What can go wrong? 🤣

Will be interesting to see how AI deals with Mar a Lago Face

Hilde Van den Bulck @hildevdb.bsky.social · Aug 14

'Warning' soinds overly dramatic, given that virtually nobody expects any real result. Anyway... :(

Hilde Van den Bulck @hildevdb.bsky.social · Aug 12

And with a focus on affordable ways of actual learning rather expensive-but-empty 'campus experience'

Hilde Van den Bulck @hildevdb.bsky.social · Aug 12

Interesting, to say the least!

Hilde Van den Bulck @hildevdb.bsky.social · Aug 10

Lovely comeback. Also: shout out to JamieLeeCurtis having her back now and when many were eager to thrash he

Hilde Van den Bulck @hildevdb.bsky.social · Aug 10

We love you, Jack!!

Hilde Van den Bulck @hildevdb.bsky.social · Aug 7

No "probably" about it, stop being dishonest about this :( :(

Hilde Van den Bulck @hildevdb.bsky.social · Aug 6

I have not (yet) read the piece (sorry, really busy atm), but as a researcher I like that rather than talking about you are actually talking to kids

Reposted by Linda J. Skitka, Hilde Van den Bulck, Dawn J. Wright , and 4 more Linda J. Skitka, Hilde Van den Bulck, Dawn J. Wright, Daniel W. Drezner, Charles W. Smith, Nikki Fairchild, Jason Williams

Laura Weiss @lauralew105.bsky.social · Aug 5

WHAT, WHAT, WHAT ARE WE DOING!!!
“Vaccine experts and people steeped in pandemic preparedness expressed horror at the news.” www.statnews.com/2025/08/05/m...

Health secretary RFK Jr. shuts door on U.S. investment in mRNA vaccine research

Vaccine experts and people steeped in pandemic preparedness expressed horror at the news that RFK Jr. has shut the door in U.S. investment in mRNA vaccine research.

www.statnews.com

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Bonky @shesbonky.bsky.social · Aug 5

If you think a golden ballroom is more important than childhood cancer research… I have nothing left to say to you. Please unfollow me.

#pediatriccancer #cancermom

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Hilde Van den Bulck @hildevdb.bsky.social · Aug 1

The sad outcome of utterly stupid short-sightedness
deadline.com/2025/08/corp...

Corporation For Public Broadcasting To Shut Down Operations After Loss Of Federal Funding

The CPB will lay off staffers at the end of September following the loss of federal funding.

deadline.com

Hilde Van den Bulck @hildevdb.bsky.social · Jul 31

- rain in July
- inconsistent sizing at Zara
- no availabilty of paprika flavored chips
- not visiting the Walloon Settlers Memorial in Battery Park

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · Jul 28

lol

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · Jul 27

From @nytopinion.nytimes.com

“There is no excuse for the world to stand by and watch two million human beings suffer on the brink of full-blown famine,” the chef José Andrés writes about Gaza.

Opinion | José Andrés: People of Good Conscience Must Stop the Starvation in Gaza

www.nytimes.com

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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · Mar 8

A good thing to read today, International Women’s Day
#IWD2025 #science

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Behind every great woman in science, there’s another great woman in science

To mark International Women’s Day on 8 March, six award-winning female scientists highlight women who have inspired them by pushing innovative research and creating opportunities for others.

www.nature.com

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Christopher Ali @christopherali.bsky.social · Mar 26

With the PBS/NPR hearing 2day @hildevdb.bsky.social Jon Kropko & I have a forthcoming article in the Journal of Comm demonstrating that Americans that consume PBS trust it more than other platforms. This holds regardless of political orientation. PBS can be a gathering point if we let it flourish!

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Christopher Ali @christopherali.bsky.social · Apr 30

5 years in the making!!! My article with @hildevdb.bsky.social and @jonkropko.bsky.social on trust & @pbs.org was published in the @journal-of-comm.bsky.social. We present the results of a nationwide survey of PBS viewers to talk about how trusted the service is!

academic.oup.com/joc/advance-...

An island of trust: public broadcasting in the United States

Abstract. This contribution aims to better understand the level of and reasons for the trust U.S. television viewers place in the Public Broadcasting Servi

academic.oup.com

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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · Jul 4

Y'all this is a single sentence. Bourdieu baby, what is you doin?

$Screenshot of page 264 of Bourdieu's Distinction which has a section header that reads: THE MODES OF APPROPRIATION OF THE WORK OF ART. And is followed by this single sentence: But this statistical analysis would not really fulfil its purpose of verification if it did not help one to understand the underlying logic of the distributions it establishes; if, having proved that volume and structure of capital, synchronically and diachronically defined, constitute the principle of division of practices and preferences, it were not possible to bring light the intelligible, 'socio-logical' relationship between, for example, an asymmetric asset structure biased towards culture and a particular relation to the work of art, and to explain, that is, understand completely, why the most ascetic form of the aesthetic disposition and the culturally most legitimate and economically cheapest practices, e.g., museum- going, or, in sport, mountain-climbing or walking, are likely to occur particularly frequently among he fractions (relatively) richest in cultural capital and (relatively) poorest in economic capital.$

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navygel.bsky.social @navygel.bsky.social · Jul 17

protectmypublicmedia.org GUYS LISTEN, WE'RE NOT TOO LATE TOO LOSE PBS AND NPR YET, SO WE NEED TO WAKE UP, STEP IN, AND CONTACT, EMAIL, DONATE, AND CALL SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES! WE ONLY HAVE UNTIL THE DEADLINE SO LET'S MAKE IT COUNT!

Protect My Public Media

Take a stand for the local stations and programs you love.

protectmypublicmedia.org

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NPR @npr.org · Jul 19

Congress eliminated public media funding. At a time of deep division, public media brings us together.

Help keep it strong. Join our monthly donors today: n.pr/458sOhq

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · Jul 25

POLITICO compiled a list of all the Washington Post staffers who have left in the past eight months. It’s at least a hundred names, many of them among the biggest names in journalism. This is the fastest erosion of a major outlet ever.

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